Diacyl peroxides peroxide value

The yield of cage reaction products increases with increasing viscosity of the solvent. The decomposition of diacyl peroxides was the object of intensive study. The values of rate constants of diacyl peroxides (diacetyl and dibenzoyl) decomposition (kf and initiation (ki = 2ekd) are collected in Tables 3.4 and Table 3.5. The values of e are collected in the Handbook of Radical Initiators [4]. 

Diacyl peroxides are, however, also electron transfer oxidants, which according to a theoretical analysis should possess standard potentials, °[(ArCOO)2/RCOO RCOO ) of around 0.6 V in water, provided that the electron transfer process is of the dissociative type (50) (Eberson, 1982c). Such a value brings thermal ET steps involving DBPO within reach for redox-active organic molecules, as for example suggested by the so-called CIEEL mechanism of chemiluminescence (Schuster, 1982). 

Table 12 gives Arrhenius activation parameters and rate constants for thermal decomposition of A,A-dimethoxybenzamides 194a-d. AS values are low when compared to homolysis of diacyl peroxides and peroxides, for which values are typically around 8-11 cal K moG. This has been attributed to significant ji stabilization and restricted... 

Because the accuracy of the data for three of the diacyl peroxides is in question, we will attempt to derive enthalpies of formation for them from the reverse of equations 15 and 16. The enthalpy of reaction 15 for dibenzoyl peroxide, using enthalpy of formation values of unquestioned accurac)f, is —400.8 kJmor. This is the same as the ca —398 kJmol for the hquid non-aromatic diacyl peroxides discussed above. Using the solid phase enthalpy of reaction for dibenzoyl peroxide and the appropriate carboxylic acid enthalpies of formation, the calculated enthalpies of formation of bis(o-toluyl) peroxide and bis(p-toluyl) peroxide are —432.2 and —457.6 kJ moU, respectively. From the foregoing analysis, it would seem that the measured enthalpy of formation is accurate for the bis(p-toluyl) peroxide but is not for its isomer. The analysis for dicinnamoyl peroxide is complicated by there being two enthalpies of formation for frawi-cinnamic acid that differ by ca 12 kJmoU. One is from our archival source (—336.9 12 kJmoU ) and the other is a newer measurement (—325.3 kJmol ). The calculated enthalpies of formation of dicinnamoyl peroxide are thus —273.0 and —249.8 kJmoU. Both of these results are ca 80-100 kJmol less negative than the reported enthalpy of formation. 

The enthalpies of reaction 16 for solid and gaseous dibenzoyl peroxide are —45.8 and —47.3 kJmoU, respectively. These values are much smaller than those calculated for the liquid dialkyl peroxides ca —56 kJmoU ), the acyl peresters ca —70 kJmoU ) or the non-aromatic diacyl peroxides (—89 or —59 kJmol ). However, we have no reason not to accept the result. It would be futile to use this result for further calculations concerning the solid phase enthalpies of formation of bis(o-toluyl) peroxide, bis(p-toluyl) peroxide and dicinnamoyl peroxide because all the peroxide and the anhydride product enthalpy of formation data are from the same suspect source . 

Subsequent loss of carbon dioxide from the alkyl acyl carbonate may occur. It was estimated, in the decomposition of Ira 5-4-I-butylcyclohexanecarbonyl peroxide in carbon tetrachloride, that two-thirds of the reaction occurs via the inversion process and one-third by the homolytic process It is suspected that inversion may be major decomposition route for other secondary aliphatic diacyl peroxides as well as for some bridgehead peroxides . Confirmation that the inversion process does contribute to the decomposition of i-butyryl peroxide is given . Further evidence for the inversion process is found in the volumes of activation for the decomposition of i-butyryl peroxide in isooctane at 50° and ram-4-r-butylcyclohexanecarbonyl peroxide in -butane at 40 °C. The AF values are —5.1 and —4.1 cm. mole , respectively. These values may be compared to the positive values of A F for benzoyl peroxide (Table 77) where there is no inversion. While the transition states for homolytic decomposition and inversion for secondary and tertiary diacyl peroxides are both polar, it is felt that the transition state for inversion is more polar . The extent of contribution of structure (V) to the transition state in the homolytic decomposition must be held with considerable reservation. In general much of the reported data for the decomposition of secondary and tertiary alkyl diacyl peroxides should be viewed with some scepticism unless efforts were made to assess the importance of the inversion process. One clue that may be used to evaluate the importance of this process is the yield of ester, which is a product of this reaction. 

Quantum yield values measured in solution may not necessarily apply to polymer films, the usual environment for practical application of this photochemistry. McKean et al. have adapted the indicator dye method to the measurement of quantum yields for Bronsted acid photogeneration in poly-(4-tert-butoxycarbonyloxystyrene) [20], As with the solution photochemistry of diphenyliodonium salts [71], an inverse dependence of quantum yield on exposure intensity was observed absolute quantum yields from 0.26 to 0.40 were measured at 254 nm, which extrapolate to approximately 0.45 at zero intensity, comparable to the value estimated by Dektar and Hacker [82b] in solution. McKean et al. [20b] note that similar quantum yields in solution and polymer films below Tg have also been reported for photo-Fries rearrangements [84] and photodissociation of diacyl peroxides [85]. 

Some characteristics of initiators used for thermal initiation arc summarized in Table 3.1. These provide some general guidelines for initiator selection. In general, initiators which afford carbon-ccntcrcd radicals e.g. dialkyldiazcncs, aliphatic diacyl peroxides) have lower efficiencies for initiation of polymerization than those that produce oxygen-centered radicals. Exact values of efficiency depend on the particular initiators, monomers, and reaction conditions. Further details of initiator chemistry are summarized in Sections 3.3.1 (azo-compounds) and 3.3.2 (peroxides) as indicated in Table 3,1. In these sections, we detail the factors which influence the rate of decomposition i.e. initiator structure, solvent, complexing agents), the nature of the radicals formed, the susceptibility of the initiator to induced decomposition, and the importance of transfer to initiator and other side reactions of the initiator or initiation system. The reactions of radicals produced from the initiator arc given detailed treatment in Section 3.4. 

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